How to Build your Phonegap Android App on a Windows PC and Test it on your connected Android Device or Emulator

If you want to test your Phonegap (Cordova) App on Android devices during design and development you can follow this guide in order to set up the build and deployment process for your app. You will be able to access the app either through an emulator on your PC or directlyon your smartphone or Android device.

Why? We are currently working on deploying a classic web application (the campsite portal camping.info) as an Android App using Phonegap. We need to make sure everything looks nice and is usable.

Step 6: Build and Run your Phonegap Android App

after a couple of seconds your App should open on your connected phone

if no phone is connected it will open in an emulator on your PC

Well, you are all done and can test your Android app on your device or using the emulator. After changing the app make sure to deploy it again to your phone using step 6. You can access the app on your phone after disconnecting from your PC at any time – you can find it with all other apps in your apps folder.

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